A method for loading a support with a compound in an organic solvent, characterized in that the organic solvent contains an amine. The organic solvent preferably has a hydroxy group. The compound preferably has at least one of carboxyl, sulfonic, phosphoric, phosphonic, and alkoxysilyl groups. The support is preferably a metal oxide, such as titanium oxide, zinc oxide, or aluminum oxide. The resulting compound-loaded support is suited for use as an electrode.

The present invention provides methods, compositions, mixtures and kits utilizing deoxynucleoside triphosphates comprising a 3-O position capped by a group comprising methylenedisulfide as a cleavable protecting group and a detectable label reversibly connected to the nucleobase of said deoxynucleoside. Such compounds provide new possibilities for future sequencing technologies, including but not limited to Sequencing by Synthesis.

The present invention provides novel compounds and methods for hydrocyanines derived from near-infrared cyanine dyes, as reactive oxygen species probes in imaging. In certain embodiments, the present invention provides reduced dyes as substrates for ELISA and Western blots.

Sterile and non-toxic pharmaceutical compositions of near IR, closed chain, sulfo-cyanine dyes and methods for visualizing tissue under illumination with near-infrared radiation are provided.

An object of the present invention is to provide a color developing composition which develops colors in a high density and does not significantly discolor when aged, a lithographic printing plate precursor which has excellent plate-inspecting properties by means of color development and is capable of maintaining strong color development even when aged after color development, a plate making method for a lithographic printing plate in which the lithographic printing plate precursor is used, and a new compound that can be preferably used as a color developer.

The color developing composition of the present invention includes a compound represented by Formula 1. The compound in the present invention is represented by Formula 1. In Formula 1, R.sup.1 represents a group in which an R.sup.1O bond is cleaved by heat or exposure to infrared rays.

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Infrared dyes having an infrared absorption maximum above 1130 nm with minor colouration in the visual spectrum. The infrared dyes are especially useful for producing multicolour laser marked security documents having reduced background coloration and enhanced colour gamut.

The problem of the present invention is to overcome drawbacks of conventional optical filters such as near-infrared cut filters and to provide an optical filter which generates little scatted light even during light absorption and has excellent transmittance property. The optical filter of the present invention is characterized by containing a squarylium-based compound and a compound which absorbs or quenches fluorescence of the squarylium-based compound. The optical filter of the present invention preferably contains a near-infrared absorbing dye containing a squarylium compound (A) and at least one compound (B) selected from the group consisting of a phthalocyanine-based compound (B-1) and a cyanine-based compound (B-2).

An optical filter, including a first absorption layer containing a near-infrared absorbing dye and a transparent resin. The optical filter also includes a reflection layer. The first absorption layer has a thickness of 0.3 m to 10 m. The optical filter satisfies conditions described in the disclosure. An imaging apparatus including the optical filter.

There are provided a wavelength selective absorption filter including a resin, and four types of dyes A to D each having a main absorption wavelength range in different specific wavelength regions, in which an absorbance Ab () of the wavelength selective absorption filter at a wavelength nm satisfies specific Relational Expressions (I) to (VI), and an organic electroluminescent display device.

Provided is a photosensitive composition that can achieve suppression of decoloring of a sensitizing dye during unexposed storage.

A photosensitive composition contains a polymerizable compound, an electron-donating initiator, a dye whose decoloring reaction is promoted in the presence of an epoxy group, and a cationic polymerizable compound having at least one structure selected from the group consisting of a cyclic ester structure and a 3-membered ring ether structure adjacent to a cyclic aliphatic skeleton in a molecule.